Larry Shenk, Vice President of Alumni Relations, shares his notes, quotes and anecdotes from the world of baseball.

Road trip continues in St. Louis tonight after Moyer mastered the Marlins last night…again. He’s now 9-0 in his career against the Marlins. He’s an amazing person and pitcher.

Let’s hope Friday the 13th is a lucky day for Kyle Kendrick. The Phillies have done well when he pitches (10-3 record, including 9-1 in last 10 starts).

Tomorrow afternoon’s game is on national TV ( FOX). Monday night is another national TV game, ESPN, as the Red Sox start a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park.

While everyone else is playing interleague games this weekend, the Phillies and Cardinals are meeting for the first of nine games this season. Yes, nine. Normally, we play the Central and West clubs six each. But because of interleague play we get these three games in St. Louis.

With Albert Pujols on the DL, we’re catching a little break. But, St. Louis has been playing great ball all season with some new faces. New faces? Yes, eight players have made their major league debut this season.

Numbers **86.8, Phillies percentage of stolen bases, best in the majors. **238 extra-base hits and 1,048 total bases for the Phillies, best in the NL. **35, Phillies errors in the first 41 games. **6, Phillies errors in last 27. **1, number of losses for Todd Wellemeyer, tonight’s Cardinals starter. That loss came April 28. **3, most runs Wellemeyer has given up in a game since his loss.

This DateIn Phillies historyJune 131980 Phillies score seven in first on hits by first seven batters, one shy of record en route to 9-6 win over San Diego at Veterans Stadium.1997 Phillies defeat Toronto, 4-3, at the Vet before 26,799, the first interleague game in team history; RHP Wayne Gomes is winner in major league debut.

Got to agree with the Davey Lopes comment…he has been awesome! I was just wondering about Ramon Henderson. I heard he has taken a personal LOA and am hoping that everything is ok. Ramon is a great guy…please pass on my best wishes to him and his family. I hope everyone is well and that he will be back soon :o)

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